Buffalo Grove is one of the finest and fastest growing
communities in Illinois. The community has many wonderful benefits.. quiet,
suburban living surrounded by country charm and the serenity of nature. It's
sense of family is revealedthrough its excellent schools, numerousparks and play areas, extensive youth
sports program, and full array of leisure activities and services for young
and old alike. Buffalo Grove is also extremely proud of its strong and
diversified retail community.Spread
throughout the village are over twenty shopping centers offering a wide variety
of stores, shops, eating establishments and fine dining. The community is
also home to many banking institutions, lawyers, accountants, medical
professionals, industries and corporate offices. No wonder Buffalo Grove
was named one of the "50 Fabulous Places to Raise Your Family", a book by
Lee & Saralee Rosenberg.

Our
Chamber membership represents all aspects of the business
community.We are committed
to strengthening and promoting our
business community while enhancing the
living quality and lifestyle of our residents. If you are interested in becoming
an active part of our growing Chamber family, please call us at (630) 541-7799
or stop by our office at the Village Hall.

It is our hope that you will find this map and the enclosed information about
our community very useful. We have included a list of our Chamber members
and hope that you will "Shop Buffalo Grove First" and discover all the wonderful
products and services it has to offer for you.

Although it is known that the Potowatomic Indians once
lived in the Buffalo Grove area, the first recordedhistory begins with the German immigrants from the
Alsace-Lorraine region who came to farm this land in the mid 1840s. Descendants
of these early settlers remain in the area today. The present
St. Mary's Catholic
Church, the Village's most prominent landmark,
was built by the families of these early settlers in 1899.

Throughout
the early 1900s, Buffalo Grove was a dairy farming community supplying the
Chicago area with fresh dairy products. Farmers took their milk to G. B.
Weidner's cheese factory in Buffalo
Grove or to the train station in Wheeling for the seven o'clock
milk run to Chicago. Although the first concrete road (Dundee Road) was built
around 1930, the residential development of the Village did not begin until
the late 1950s. On March 7, 1958, the Village of Buffalo Grove, consisting
of 42homes and 164
people, was incorporated. From a population of 670 in 1960,
Buffalo Grove has since grown to over40,000people by mid-1994.

For those
interested in more detailed information on the
history of the
Village, a trip to the Raupp Memorial
Museum is recommended. This facility is owned by the Buffalo Grove Park District
and operated by the Buffalo Grove Historical
Society.

The museum's collection
of artifacts commemorates the American Indians and the early settlers of
Buffalo Grove in threeperiod roomsand
the main exhibit gallery, which contains 26 display cases. admission is free.
For further information, phone 630-459-5700.

The Village of Buffalo Grove is 29 miles northwest
of the City of Chicago
and is located in the northern part of suburban
Cook County and the southwestern part
of Lake county. It is primarily a residential suburb. The nearby communities
are the Village of Wheeling on the east , the Village of Lincolnshire on
the north and northeast, the Village of Long
Groveon the northwest, and the Village of Arlington Heights
on the south and southwest.

Buffalo Groveresidents of today may be pleased to find themselves still "out in
the sticks". Families can go for a drive in thecountry, stop to picnic in nearby forest preserves
or buy fresh produce from a local farm stand. there are also many
livetheater productions, concert fare,
leisure activities, well-known
restaurants, and the best in shopping right at their
fingertips.